neoplasm
• athymic mutants exhibit decreased tumor angiogenesis and metastasis following intrapancreatic implantation with either PANC-1 or T3M4 human pancreatic cancer cells and fewer pulmonary metastates following intravenous injection of murine B16-F10 melanoma cells
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homeostasis/metabolism
• isolated hepatic endothelial cells exhibit an attenuated mitogenic response to VEGF-A, with cells showing a smaller increase in cell proliferation than wild-type in response to VEGF-A
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